Scott L King, MD

Dr. King is one the best. He became my family doctor within the last year. He is very attentive to the patient and takes the time to make sure your concerns are met and explains everything in detail. Most offices take forever to get into and then you are rushed out. Not so with Dr. Kings office. His front office is also very organized and attentive. The people up front are always so helpful. I know when I walk into his office that I am in good hands. I truly have not ever had such a great experience with a doctors office.
We have never had any problems with billing. I actually recently had an ongoing episode with cellulitus in my leg where I thought I needed to go into the hospital but was unsure, he allowed me to stop by on a Saturday last minute (and they were just closing too) to get a status on the leg. He decided it was time for me to go to the hospital, printed out all of my current treatment up to that point himself, and told me about the possible hospitals in this area and their ups and downs before arranging for me to be checked in. He did all of this on a Saturday pass business hours and did not even charge me for the visit. Not sure what is going on with the other review on here with billing but sounds odd to me. Not what I have seen at this office.

Horrible experience. We have been going to Dr. King since he opened about 14 years ago. All three of my children have been going to Dr. King their whole lives. Our company recently changed to an HSA and were told to have our doctor bill our insurance for all charges and then United Healthcare would make sure that all of the charges were proper and would send us a bill.
Unfortunately, Dr. King’s billing supervisor told me that they require full payment up front and if they make any mistakes, they would just credit my account for the next time someone in my family got sick. I told her that this was a very confusing way to do things and would make keeping track of my medical expenses a nightmare for a family of five, but she just kept repeating, «That’s our policy».
I called United Healthcare to make sure that I was doing the right thing. I was told that the best way to ensure that I was paying the most up-​to-​date rates and not paying for any unnecessary tests or procedures or accidental charges would be to have the doctor bill United Healthcare and then I pay the bill once United Healthcare sends my statement — just like I told Dr. King’s billing supervisor.
Apparently they are just pressuring people to pay up front because it allows them to charge whatever they want without getting approval from the insurance company. By the time the charge is found to be unnecessary, too late! You already paid it!
The worst part of all of this is that after 14 years of my family going to Dr. Scottie L King, he wouldn’t even talk to me about the billing policy — even though I had an appointment!
After 14 years, he doesn’t care about me, my wife or our three children. Even though we always pay our bill, he’s worried about getting paid? All that matters is that almighty dollar? Great choice of doctors I made…
After the woman at United Healthcare asked, «Is this your first visit to this doctor?» and I said, «No, we’ve been coming to Dr. King for over 14 years», she said «WHAT?! And he won’t see your son until you give him a credit card?!» — That’s when I knew I was going to take my son out of there and never come back. Her response echoed my thoughts exactly.
You just lost 5 patients, Doc. The good news is you don’t have to worry about billing my insurance now, because 100% of nothing is… well, I’ll let your billing department explain it.

This review has been long overdue. Was my family doctor for years when I was in Texas.
Great doctor! Waits may be a little long, but I think you have to expect to wait a while at any doctors’ office. After the first visit, and seeing how thorough he is, not rushing you out like most people do just to make a few more bucks, I can understand the wait.
His nurses are very nice and helpful. He even has Saturday clinics (i think he alternates with the other doctor on the weekends). When you are sick and feeling at your lowest, Dr. King is definitely the guy to give you the attention you deserve, answer all your questions, and gets you feeling better. Not the type to overcharge you or run extra test just to make a buck, but genuinely cares, IMO.

Dr. King is funny enough personality wise. I feel he knows his stuff medically but the office is very over-​worked. It’s often hard to get an appointment with him A couple times he’s hired a Physician’s Assistant, but they never stayed long. I recently moved out of state but I stopped going to Dr. King because his refills of even minute meds like Allegra wasn’t very long, he wants you to come in frequently and after my last blood labs his Medical Assistant called to tell me I needed to take «this pill» and wanted to know what pharmacy to call it into. It was like pulling teeth to find out why it was so important I take some new medication. Ended up being for Hypothyroidism. Instead of having me make an appointment or have an RN or more experienced MA contact me I was told to take the medication and come back when I needed more, a little less than informative and kinda scary at the same time.

Having recently moved to the area, our family had not found a doctor as of yet. After a long deliberation and internet searching, I chose Dr. King based on the Unilocal recommendations.
Yesterday, I became sick with chils, fever, sweats and more importantly had trouble breathing (I’m prone to asthma). I called Dr. King’s office at 9:00am this morning explaining my condition to his nurse’s answering machine and asked if I could (at the very least) get an inhaler since I can not find mine.
No one called me back, I called again around 11:45am and did get through to the nurse. She advised me to go to the ER because of the breathing issue. Honestly, I can understand the trepidation to see me because of H1N1 but an emergency room was the last place I wanted to be. Needless to say, I was frustrated since their website states that walk-​ins are welcome.
I’ll assume that Dr. King is a nice man and possibly a good doctor but I will never find out because I called Baylor Family Practice. They did see me today and I was given the medicines that I needed to clear up my chest congestion. (Please read my review about Baylor)
I am very grateful to the staff at Baylor for fitting me in today, from now on I will entrust my family’s care to them.

(I also posted a review under his practice, Firewheel Family Practice.)
I saw Dr. King for the first time this week, and while we did wait about 30 minutes in the exam room, the wait was certainly worth it from the moment Dr. King walked in. He was so great! Easy to talk to, thorough, kind, and had a good sense of humor and laid-​back attitude. I enjoyed my visit very much and will definitely be using him as my family doctor from now on!

The wait is painfully long between sitting down in the exam room until you are actually able to see Dr King, but it’s worth the wait.
My experiences so far have been positive. He’s extremely thorough, while being realistic. He’s provided second opinions to ER visits and shown that he’s a bit better than some of the ER doctors. He’s chosen to run the right tests and found the root cause instead of having more of a wait and see attitude.
He takes the time to explain everything in detail, and doesn’t make you feel rushed.